Only 0.5% of homes are flats in Vineuil
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Vineuil comes in at 28%. For Vineuil, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 18%. On households headed by a manager or professional, Vineuil sits lower than 88% of compared French towns: 4.7%. This Indre town counted 1,241 residents and 530 households at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Indre median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Vineuil
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 8.6% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: +1% since 2012, behind 66% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −5% for the median Indre town, the change came in two steps: ±0% from 2012 to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
Younger than 68% of compared French towns: half of Vineuil is under 41.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vineuil 41.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 10% here, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 35%, a higher share than 92% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Indre median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are single parents here. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
A lower share of households without a car than 96% of compared French towns, at 3.7%
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
In the last two years, nearly one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 25% have stayed 30 years or more. Vineuil has fewer households in social housing than nearly two thirds of compared French towns, at 9%. The benchmark for households without a car in the typical compared French town: 11%. Empty homes make up 8%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
A median of €26,060 a year per consumption unit
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The median standard of living in Vineuil is €26,060 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
18% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 75% of compared French towns don’t reach
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
30% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). On average, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 94% of compared French towns: 1.8%
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.2% of residents are foreign nationals here. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 23% in Vineuil, less than in 72% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Vineuil, 44%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Only 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Vineuil
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
The share of adults with no qualification stands at 18%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th youngest of 41 French towns of 1,241 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Vineuil
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vineuil | 41.7 | 18% | 2.9% | 1.8% |
| Déols 7,600 · 5.4 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 1.3% | 5.3% |
| Levroux 2,797 · 5.7 mi | 52 | 31% | 5.3% | 1.8% |
| Villedieu-sur-Indre 2,583 · 6.1 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 3.2% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Maur 3,537 · 6.2 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.2% | 3.3% |
| Châteauroux 42,963 · 7.1 mi | 45.2 | 26% | 2.7% | 12% |
| Le Poinçonnet 5,855 · 9.7 mi | 53.2 | 30% | 1.9% | 4.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Vineuil
What is the population of Vineuil?
1,241 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (1,228).
How old are Vineuil’s residents?
The median age is 41.7, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vineuil?
17, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vineuil?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vineuil?
€26,060 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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